{"id":1650,"date":"2023-11-12T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T10:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2023-11-12T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T10:27:07","slug":"how-can-i-join-god-in-his-mission-to-gather-sheep-that-have-been-scattered-by-unfaithful-shepherds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1650","title":{"rendered":"How can I join God in his mission to gather sheep that have been scattered by unfaithful shepherds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1387\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mapleleavescrop505025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mapleleavescrop505025.jpg 434w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mapleleavescrop505025-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span id=\"en-ESV-26481\" class=\"text John-10-11\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Ez, 34, where sheep have been scattered because of the unfaithfulness of shepherds, God declares: <em><span class=\"text Ezek-34-11\">\u00a0Behold, I, I\u00a0myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-21326\" class=\"text Ezek-34-12\">As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. vs. 11-12<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lord, we thank you that you are the Good Shepherd, who lays down your life for your sheep. You&#8217;ve invited us to join you in your mission through prayer, so I hold those scattered sheep before you by name. Help me to carry them in my heart as you do. Show me specific actions I can take to be join you in your mission of re-gathering.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov. 12, 2023<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 In Ez, 34,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thought-for-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}